Enabling social participation for older people : The content of reablement by age, gender, and level of functioning in occupational therapists’ interventions
Pettersson, Cecilia LU ; Zingmark, Magnus LU
and Haak, Maria
LU
(2022)
In Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
29(6).
p.522-529
- Abstract
Background: Social participation and the ability to build and maintain social relationships is emphasized as important for older people’s health and well-being. Aim: To explore if social participation is addressed and whether age, gender and level of functioning are associated with the composition of occupational therapy interventions within the context of reablement. Method: In this cross-sectional study, invitations to participate were sent to 60 municipalities in Sweden. 318 occupational therapists participated and described the character of initiated interventions made during 3 weeks through web-based surveys. Result: 1392 cases were reported in the age span of 19–103 years, 61.7% were women. A higher proportion of persons having no... (More)
Background: Social participation and the ability to build and maintain social relationships is emphasized as important for older people’s health and well-being. Aim: To explore if social participation is addressed and whether age, gender and level of functioning are associated with the composition of occupational therapy interventions within the context of reablement. Method: In this cross-sectional study, invitations to participate were sent to 60 municipalities in Sweden. 318 occupational therapists participated and described the character of initiated interventions made during 3 weeks through web-based surveys. Result: 1392 cases were reported in the age span of 19–103 years, 61.7% were women. A higher proportion of persons having no home care and minor functional dependency got interventions with a focus on social participation to a higher extent than persons with major functional dependency. Occupational therapists’ interventions vary as related to functional limitation, age, and gender. Conclusion: The results indicate that the severity of functional limitation impacts the focus of the intervention whereas age and gender do not. There is a need for social participation to be more clearly addressed within the context of reablement. Significance: To develop a person-centred intervention, one needs to consider aspects of age, gender, and functions.
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- author
- Pettersson, Cecilia
LU
; Zingmark, Magnus
LU
and Haak, Maria
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2022
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- activity, Ageing, community participation, every-day rehabilitation, restorative home care services, social care, social health
- in
- Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
- volume
- 29
- issue
- 6
- pages
- 522 - 529
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85113973108
- pmid:34463598
- ISSN
- 1103-8128
- DOI
- 10.1080/11038128.2021.1967442
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 5526071c-37c6-4cc8-8b71-333f348ecaa9
- date added to LUP
- 2021-09-21 15:48:07
- date last changed
- 2025-10-20 13:44:35
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